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Peer reviewedCrow, Gary M. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1989
Male elementary school principals with different career histories revealed a diversity of perceptions of the opportunity structure for administrative careers. The perceptions of most principals concerning the sequence, direction, and timing of career opportunities reflected a preference for remaining in the principalship rather than moving to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Development, Elementary Education, Employment Opportunities
Peer reviewedWolotsky, Hyman; And Others – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1972
Much of the article is based on a series of interviews with paraprofessionals in Head Start programs, conducted in 1970 by the authors for the Bank Street College of Education Career Development Training Program. (MB)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Career Development, Job Satisfaction
Peer reviewedBredeson, Paul V.; And Others – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1983
A study investigated the degree to which organizational incentives kept, in the profession, secondary school teachers who were committed to teaching and whose primary reasons for staying were related to students, curriculum, and classroom procedures. (CJ)
Descriptors: Career Development, Developmental Stages, Incentives, Public School Teachers
Peer reviewedLortie, Dan C. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1988
Three categories of structural characteristics (career processes, role relationships, organizational context) associated with the principal's role shape behavior in ways that restrain the rate at which principals initiate change. (IAH)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Board of Education Policy, Career Development
Peer reviewedLee, Courtland C. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1984
Results of a study investigating vocational development of rural 10th-grade students show that both race and sex differences affect occupational aspirations. Parental influence, socioeconomic status, and self-concept also influence adolescent career development. Implications for future rural vocational education are discussed. (DF)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Students, Career Development, Employment Potential
Peer reviewedTrusty, Jerry – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1996
This study investigated relationships between parents' involvement in teens' career development and students' attitudes toward education, perceptions of the future, and school and leisure behavior. Data from a representative sample of high school seniors indicated parental involvement was positively related to positive attitudes, perceptions, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Delinquency, High School Seniors
Peer reviewedSerow, Robert C.; And Others – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1992
Study examined the extent to which commitment to teaching related to students' professional orientations, including motives for entering teaching, perceptions about appropriate teacher behavior, and personal and social values. A factor analysis revealed three underlying orientations: a sense of calling, a service ethic, and perceived legitimacy of…
Descriptors: Career Development, Education Majors, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
